Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-07-01
OUR cosTLIIsT LUxUR1Es. \
what the Figures Of tho Intrrnai p
TsNch In Regard to Our Drink

f.
s. Will be Interesting to all readers to
know that. while demagogues continue
{. TO complain about the suffcrings of
labor, the consumption OF luxuries In
{ almost every particulars Is greater than
1t was ono or two years ago. ard In most
classes OF expenditure greater than It
oyerwus In the times called most pros.
Porous. Tho dry figures Of the internal
revenue report, when EXAMINED, yield
this and much other information.
1t appears that the CONSUMPTION OF
beer Increased 1.524,9S barrels. TIL,
consumption In 1885 was creator than
ever before, aid, adding tho Officially
rapprtel Increase, 1t appears that no less
than G42. el0 900 gallons of beer wero
consumed last year, Tho population is
over CU,u03 GOO. but the icorlsuiuption for
the year ending june 10 must be- reckonei
upon the mean population FIR thnt year.
which was about 59.257, 900. On that
basis the consumption of beer appears TO
have been III S3 gallons for every inhab,
liant, babies included.
Considering that a largo part OF tho
population does not consume beer Mt
oil, this seems to imply m enormous
CONSUMPTION TO those We 4 :, and yet,
since those who consume beer ut eli
ce!ta.n.y consume IT'S much us hall
s pint daily, they would mt that rnio get
rid OF % gallons each. Apparently tho
consumption Is about equivalent to
q pint day for half the adult popu-
lation.
Tho Increase In the consumption Of
whisky was 1,C06, JOB gallons. which
makes tho assumption for the year
To.TG3. O1O gellons. or 1.19 gallons per
capita That is much mcre than was
Gonsuinetl>In iile years o. depression. the
fiscat<5e 1878 and 1879, when tho tax
Ensthe sumo that 1t Is now, ut IL Is
SSmu u below tho consumption OF 1883 or
1854. when the quantity was 1.41 and -
gallons per capita.
Tho increase in tho consumption of
beer. which has risen from seven gallons
to nearly eleven gallons since 1888,
accounts Tor some dimlnution in the use
OF spirits, and probably the rapid spread
Of prohibition at the South has affected
the consumption etill more.
Fifteen years ago. when tho tax was
only so cents per gallon, tho consump-
ton ranged between 1 10 and two gal-
Ions per ca. ltn.
The increase In consumption of to-
bacco In various forms has been remark
able. but especially In tho least healthy
OF oil forms. Snuff-using. it may he
remarked. Is on the decline; 195,747
pounds less were used lust year than tho
ear before. But the consumption OF
manufactured tobacco. for smoking and
chewing increased l1,0l0,574 pounds,
reaching l91,O23, 663 pounds, or 800
pounds per ca lla, which is considerably
In xccss of the consumption In any
p; ev!ous year.
Prior to 1870 the quantity consumed
was from to 2 pounds; In 1S70it roso
70 Lbs, and until 1879 averaged about
So then it iose in 1880 to 2.75, in 1882
to3.GG, and has been above pounds
ever since. But tho Increase In this
form ~ n In L.. 4
but for the increase in the consumption
OF cigars and cigarettes.
The number of cigars consumed in
croasod lust year Isl. 925, e55, making
totai consumption Of 3,510,3T2, 500, or
800 per capita.
Just twenty years ago the consumption
was 10 yearly; in 1870 it rose to 80:
in 1875 to 43.9, and then declined little
with tho ''rri times to 40.5 In 1879.
hut In 1881 IL rose TO 52.G. reaching e,,5
IN 1854. and declined to 6S.2 IN 1856. but
mas now iscn again to 500.
Inus tho consuinpticn 10 n shnde
lower than the grentest vet rcco:,ied
und there Is some reason to dcub.
whether this email decrease hetokcns
he pr sslre OF hard times, because tho
consumption of cigarettes has y-.n.ly
mere SOD. Last year alone the incroa. O
was 252.212,1 12, or about % pcr cent.
lnaking 1.3l0,556.5l In all. or PAL per
capita. Pc
In 1866 there was a small consump-
lion. bus practically none officially res
corded In thu years 1SGG-1s69. In 1870
u rose TO a per capita. and In 1876,
1nst zen years ago. rose to 1T per capita.
But that WIS only tho beginning; In
1871 - had risen TO So per capita, In
1881 to lG:l. in 1855 to 1873, and now
ayernsss 22.1 per capita.
W the influence CT this charge upon
heai!h doubtless physicians may have
something to saysbui consIdsrable IN.
crease III the use of tobacco in other
forms 10 evidently prevented nv the
manufacture anL,,uae % rioa ratta.
wnether that cEs 10 beneficial r.
health or not. > ~
c,a IL remains e., ms, to surprising
ana cigarettes tweii. ~ n packnye'
tobacco n dollar I.s.zs sound oaSotaii
forms, beer 1--WE cents a g.Ss md
Spirits five cents for half ( N4fsss. ces
which are certainly not as higi hose
pail by most consumers. the cost of
these articles to the. people Of this
e'unir' Is. over 81, lSS. 900 900. or S19.S2
ior every inhahiiant This burden Ia
pSrnc ty about 10000 900 wage-earners,
however and for them it averages $50. 40
yearly.
All the money that trade unions have
is.ied or ever will add to the wages of
labor will not equal half the sum spent
last year, mainly by working people, in
tho con umpiion oil liquor aion which
eosI them much over $500, 900, UOO.-IN.
\. Tribune.
Brother Gartiner's Wholesome Philosophy.
The great trouble wild Average hui
mnnlty, as I see 1t, am de faci da.
people grasp fur too prch.. What YVES
riches to de las ginerashun am list
nun to make this ore dlscnn, ented,
Whatwas comfort den am poverty now.
Do wages of our granfathers would
hardly buy p'ons fur de wives OF wo,k-
In men to-day.
We am full Of froth an show. Hypoc-
riley. nm eceit nm TT OF our stock In
Trade. Envy I'M jealousy am drivin, out
charity an contentment.
Fifty y'ars hence, II dny should din
down to my ccffin an find that 1 had
turned oher, de papers needn't make any
f nsation 1t am quite sartin. onless q
great change takes place. dat de nex'
xui DO IL,